I've got CityFibre (which is run by Vodafone) and its Fibre-to-the-Premises. They effectively run a bit of fibre from the telegraph pole into my house, just the same as copper used to. This terminates in an NTE box that converts it to Ethernet.
Vodafone supplied the router that plugs into the NTE via the Ethernet (my assumption is that there's an Ethernet switch in the cabinet and they're encapsulating Ethernet over the fibre, then there's a single IP presented to the router than then NATs anything you plug in on the other side). The router has an RJ47 connection for a telephone and I have a number allocated, but don't use. I assume this is now done as Voice-over-IP to the router and its handling the conversation to the PSTN handset. Got to say I've had it over two years, great speed and minimal outages. Much happier than I was with Virgin. Regards James > On 30 Dec 2023, at 14:40, CA Wills <ci...@cewland.uk> wrote: > > Hi All > > Hope you've all had good Christmas' and the New Year. > > Recently we had a visit of workers who were starting to install Fibre cables > to replace the overhead coppers. They said it was going to be Gigabit > capable and it would be cheaper to install the new broadband connection at > the same time. > > Question is what router would I need (no game playing & little streaming) and > if it affects the telephones? > > What I've seen so far does not mention any telephone information. My next > door neighbour is also trying to find out info. > > Our phones are normal landlines through cables around the house, will we need > to change these? > > Miss our monthly meetings because this is the type if 'chats' we could have, > not so easy over the 'net'. > > Perhaps next weeks meeting could provide the info?? > > Meanwhile I'll keep looking. > > -- > -- > Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2024-01-02 20:00 > Check to whom you are replying > Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk > New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2024-01-02 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
